Movies: Shirley Verrett

  • 1990
    Maggio musicale

    Maggio musicale (1990)

    Maggio musicale

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    Maggio musicale
  • 1981
    Samson et Dalila

    Samson et Dalila (1981)

    Samson et Dalila

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    While the rest of the Hebrews bewail their fate, Samson alone trusts in God's promise of liberty. Abimelech, the Philistine satrap of Gaza, enters to mock the Hebrews' God, proclaiming the superiority of Dagon, and the Hebrews are afraid of him. But ...

    Samson et Dalila
  • 1987
    Verdi Macbeth Chailly

    Verdi Macbeth Chailly (1987)

    Verdi Macbeth Chailly

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    Claude D'Anna's film of Verdi's Macbeth is a gloomy affair, stressing the descent into madness of the principal villains. It's acted by the singers of the Decca recording of the opera (with two substitutions of actors standing in for singers) and the...

    Verdi Macbeth Chailly
  • 1978
    Tosca

    Tosca (1978)

    Tosca

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    A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi, the painter and political revolutionary in love with the beautiful and famous singer Tosca (the riveting S...

    Tosca
  • 1970
    Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

    Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (1970)

    Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

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    In this documentary portrait prepared for the anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven's 200th birthday, Leonard Bernstein illustrates his analysis with excerpts from his performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major and the Ode to Joy from ...

    Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
  • 1987
    Macbeth

    Macbeth (1987)

    Macbeth

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    This production of Giuseppi Verdi's opera based on Macbeth, the famed play by William Shakespeare, is a musical succès d'estime but falls short in the cinematic arena. Shirley Verrett stars as the murderous and ambitious Lady Macbeth, Leo Nucci co-st...

    Macbeth